Wednesday, October 24, 2007

....We would live in igloos; We would all wear toques (pronounced tukes); We'd use PeltPal instead of PayPal and our only store would be The Hudson's Bay Trading Post; We wouldn't need locks on our doors (not far from the truth actually - my mom constantly went out and left the front door unlocked - much to my amazement); We would all get around via canoe or dog sled - rich people would own ski-doos; We would have access to snow-covered ski hills all year round; We would be born knowing how to play hockey; All law enforcement officers would look like Mounties; We would all know Bill from Toronto; We would be able to drive from the Rockies to Niagara Falls in one day; Canadian Tire money would be legal tender everywhere; Electricity and running water would only be a dream to many people; We would all wear lumberjack shirts; To buy anything modern we have to travel to the US and bring our shopping back across the border on voyageur canoes across the Great Lakes....

You'd live in a frigid, barren wasteland in log cabins. you'd wake up in the morning, go feed your pet beavers and then go tap the ol' maple tree for breakfast. You'd sit around a hole in the middle of a frozen lake for most of the day looking for lunch, then you'd come home and chop some wood before dark since you don't have electricity to stay up after sunset.